From Russia With Love – A Vodka Named Gaddafi

Since 2003, Russians have been throwing back shots of Putinka vodka, a popular brand honouring the country’s favourite president-prime minister-president. Now, according to Russian media reports, they may be able to start paying homage to yet another political leader: Muammer Gaddafi.

As Kommersant FM and the online news site Marker.ru report on Wednesday, the company behind Putinka has set its sights on a new brand and registered the trademark for a liquor called Commendatore Muammer.

As Vadim Drobiz, director of the Research Center for Federal and Regional Alcohol Markets, told KommersantFM: “[Gaddafi] has no association with alcohol. However many supporters of Gaddafi there are here, it’s unlikely that the name will attract them to this product.”